ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Mar 2003

On 10 March at 10:10am, Witchy wrote:

[Dialling]
...
  I've been told they do tone dialling too, based on
the unsupported DIP
 switches in the telephony module. Haven't tried it though; 
 all of my OPDs
 are downstairs in boxes. 
The DIP switches aren't unsupported, they're actually documented...

[Voice answering]
...
  I'm sure it can respond to different numbers with
different 
 messages though, 
Not different numbers, Caller ID simply didn't exist (probably anywhere
in the world) in 1986. I think (not tried this) that it can respond with
a different message on each line, and it can change messages depending
on the time of day - but not day of week...

...
  also it *can* say good morning, as well as things like
'I'm  
It definitely can't say "good morning", as "good" isn't in
the
vocabulary :)

...
  away getting
 head with my secretary on holiday' :) There was a competition  
Hehe - I must try that. 

...
  on radio not
 so long back (Chris Moyles or Scrawn&Lard on Radio1 IIRC) where people
 actually recorded their OPDs saying rude things, so I just 
 *had* to have a
 go myself....hehe..... 
Erm, "not so long ago"? Sort of like 1987, maybe?

[Testing the telephony module]
...
  Be easier if I tested it up here first. Just got to
dig out 
 the low-res
 monitor from its hiding place....the hi-res one is too high up and
 underneath too much other stuff for me to easily get! 
Humph. I just knew I wasn't going to get a free module that easily ;)

What's this about a hi-res monitor? I assume you mean a larger one than
the 9" B&W which seems to be the norm for these machines? Is it colour?

I'd like to get a pin-out of the monitor/power connector - I'm not sure
if it's in any of the manuals I've got.

...
  I don't recall either of mine being any slower
than the QL, though it's a
...
  few months since I last played with one. I just wish I
had some
 documentation for 'em. 
I can scan mine in if you like. I don't believe I'm doing anything on
Sunday yet...